Article Contributed by Dark Shadow Recording
Published on 2026-07-16
Nashville, TN — Dark Shadow Recording congratulates Becky Buller on her 2026 IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards nomination in the 2026 IBMA Album Of The Year category.
Songs That Sing Me is Becky's first ever album of covers, produced, engineered, and mixed by Stephen Mougin and mastered by David Glasser at AirShow Mastering. The album features a slew of guests including Molly Tuttle, Becky Isaacs Bowman, Bela Fleck, Sierra Hull, Ricky Skaggs, Abigail Washburn, Dan Tyminski, Andrea Zonn, Jim Lauderdale, Alison Brown, Jeff Hyde, Missy Raines, Chris “Critter” Eldridge, Jay Starling, Ned Luberecki, Sharon White, Stuart Duncan, Cheryl White, and many more.
"This collection of songs is singing me into being. They awoke a deep love of music within me. They continue to teach me how to form melody and lyric. Their sonic energy pulses through me, shaping and coloring my own creativity. These echoes are my way of thanking the artists who shared them with me. I hope they inspire you, too. Bless you for giving them a listen." - Becky Buller
“This project was a long time in the making as many of the songs feature unique bands, assembled to serve the specific needs of each particular tune and feature some of Becky’s talented friends. There’s heartbreak and joy, love and loss, and a really fun children’s song for good measure. It was a treat to revisit the music that shaped her love of song and rhyme, and bring our creative stamp to the process.” - Stephen Mougin, producer/engineer
The results of the final round of balloting will be announced at the 37th Annual IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards on Thursday, October 22, 2026, at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
A celebrated musician, singer, and songwriter, Buller made history as the first-ever artist to win in both instrumental and vocal categories at the 2016 IBMA Awards, as well as being the first female to ever win IBMA’s Fiddle Player of the Year. Since 2018, Becky has moonlighted with the all-female supergroup The First Ladies of Bluegrass, which was recently recognized at the Country Music Hall of Fame with their own exhibit. Buller achieved a lifelong goal in 2021 when she made her Grand Ole Opry debut. Her songs appear on Grammy award-winning albums by Molly Tuttle in 2023, The Infamous Stringdusters in 2019, and The Travelin’ McCourys in 2018. Buller is a 2023 inductee into the Minnesota Music Hall Of Fame. Connect with her online at BeckyBuller.com.
Dark Shadow Recording is a full-service studio and record label led by award-winning Stephen Mougin, located on a hilltop that surveys Music City's electric skyline. The label produces and turns out music from some the industry's most promising artists in the Bluegrass, Americana, Country, and Folk genres, including Becky Buller, Rick Faris, Laura Orshaw, Henhouse Prowlers, The Sullivan Sisters, Jana and Stephen Mougin.
